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Dynamics of a suspended nanowire driven by an ac Josephson current in an inhomogeneous magnetic field

Milton E. Peña-Aza

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevE.86.046208 · Physical Review E

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Abstract

We consider a voltage-biased nanoelectromechanical Josephson junction, where a suspended nanowire forms a superconducting weak link, in an inhomogeneous magnetic field. We show that a nonlinear coupling between the Josephson current and the magnetic field generates a Laplace force that induces a whirling motion of the nanowire. By performing an analytical and a numerical analysis, we demonstrate that at resonance, the amplitude-phase dynamics of the whirling movement presents different regimes depending on the degree of inhomogeneity of the magnetic field: time independent, periodic, and chaotic. Transitions between these regimes and attractor merging crisis are also discussed.

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